Richard Arum
Encyclopedia
Richard Arum is professor of sociology in New York University
's Department of Sociology and professor of education at New York University
's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. In January 2011 his book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
, was published by the University of Chicago Press
. The book received national media attention for its findings that, after the first two years of college, a significant number of students demonstrate no improvement in a range of skills including critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing.
His professional biography at the N.Y.U. faculty profiles begins, "Arum's work explores the extent to which school characteristics, such as educational spending and racial segregation, contribute to inadequate youth socialization, crime, and subsequent imprisonment."
He is also Program Director of Educational Research at the Social Science Research Council
, where he has directed the CLA Longitudinal Project http://www.ssrc.org/programs/cla-longitudinal-study/ and successfully led efforts to organize educational stakeholders in New York City to create the Research Alliance for New York City Schools http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/research_alliance/ (an entity loosely modeled after the Consortium on Chicago School Research)http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/content/index.php that focuses on ongoing evaluation and assessment research to support public school improvement efforts.
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New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
's Department of Sociology and professor of education at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. In January 2011 his book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
Academically Adrift
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses is a book written by Richard Arum with Josipa Roksa, published by the University of Chicago Press in January 2011....
, was published by the University of Chicago Press
University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
. The book received national media attention for its findings that, after the first two years of college, a significant number of students demonstrate no improvement in a range of skills including critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing.
His professional biography at the N.Y.U. faculty profiles begins, "Arum's work explores the extent to which school characteristics, such as educational spending and racial segregation, contribute to inadequate youth socialization, crime, and subsequent imprisonment."
He is also Program Director of Educational Research at the Social Science Research Council
Social Science Research Council
The Social Science Research Council is a U.S.-based independent nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing research in the social sciences and related disciplines...
, where he has directed the CLA Longitudinal Project http://www.ssrc.org/programs/cla-longitudinal-study/ and successfully led efforts to organize educational stakeholders in New York City to create the Research Alliance for New York City Schools http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/research_alliance/ (an entity loosely modeled after the Consortium on Chicago School Research)http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/content/index.php that focuses on ongoing evaluation and assessment research to support public school improvement efforts.
Personal Life
Richard Arum is a son of legendary boxing promoter Bob ArumBob Arum
Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....
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On Education
- "Schools and Communities: Ecological and Institutional Dimensions," Annual Review of Sociology 26:395-418 (2000)
- "The Romance of College Attendance: Higher Education Stratification and Mate Selection," with Michelle Budig, Josipa Roksa, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 26/2:107-122 (2008)
- "Law and Disorder in the Classroom," with Doreet Preiss, Education Next Fall 9/4:68-86 (2009)
On Criminology
- "Educational Spending and Imprisonment Risk: The Role of Schools as Prison Gatekeepers," conference paper, with Gary LaFreeGary LaFreeGary LaFree is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland and the director of the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism . His main areas of expertise are sociology, criminology, race and crime, and terrorism.-Education:LaFree...
(2009)
On Race and Crime
- "The Effect of Racially Segregated Schools on African American and White Incarceration Rates, 1970 to 1990," with Gary LaFree, Criminology 44:1, 73-103 (2006)
On Education
- Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study editor with Yossi Shavit and Adam Gamoran (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press) (2007)
- Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College CampusesAcademically AdriftAcademically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses is a book written by Richard Arum with Josipa Roksa, published by the University of Chicago Press in January 2011....
with Josipa Roksa (Chicago: University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, January 2011) (ISBN 9780226028569)
On School Discipline
- Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority in American Schools with Irenee Beattie, Richard Pitt, Jennifer Thompson, Sandra Way (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press) (2003)
On Self-Employment
- The Resurgence of Self-Employment: A Comparative Study of Self-Employment Dynamics and Social Inequality editor with Walter Mueller (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press) (2004)